ˈdɹəʊnɪŋ ˈdɹoʊnɪŋ

ˈmɒ.nə.təʊn ˈmɑː.nə.toʊn ˈmɒ.nə.təʊn ˈmɑː.nə.toʊn ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk məˈnɑtənəs məˈnɒtənəs sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch the owl's faint monotonous hooting of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value an unchanging intonation a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)